MATTER OF ESTATE OF PRITCHARD


735 S.W.2d 446 (1986)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Elizabeth Lucille PRITCHARD, Deceased. Elizabeth Louise SPILLER, Administratrix-Appellee, v. McDONALD, KUHN, SMITH, MILLER, AND TAIT, Attorneys, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied June 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Wilkinson, III, Memphis, for administratrix-appellee.

Crawford McDonald, Memphis, for appellants.


CRAWFORD, Judge.

This appeal involves the application of the Deadman's Statute, T.C.A. § 24-1-203 (1980).

Appellant, McDonald, Kuhn, Smith, Miller and Tait, a partnership, filed a claim against the Estate of Elizabeth Lucille Pritchard, deceased, for legal services rendered by the partnership to the deceased. Appellee, the administratrix of the estate, filed an exception to the claim in which she denied that certain of the services specified in the claim...

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